Aberdeen Angus Summer Championship boasts prize fund in excess of £3,000

Northern Ireland Aberdeen Angus Club members are gearing up for the finale of the 2023 agricultural show season – the NI Summer Championship which takes place at the 103rd Clogher Valley Show on Wednesday 26th July.

Generously sponsored by the Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society and Linden Foods, the one-day event boasts a prize fund in excess of £3,000. This year’s judge is breed society president Angus Stovold, owner of the highly regarded Rosemead Herd based at Shackleford, Nr Godalming in Surrey.

The schedule includes 12 classes for senior and junior cows, junior heifers, senior and junior bulls, calves born in 2023, and pair property of exhibitor. Also included is a class for the best exhibitor-bred animal, the winner of which will receive the Sess Perpetual Trophy and cash award presented by breed stalwart Margaret Buchanan.

Prize money in each class includes: 1st £80, 2nd £60, 3rd £40, 4th £20 and 5th £10. The top placed class winners will have an opportunity to compete for the various championship plaudits, including Junior male champion and reserve; junior female champion and reserve, senior male champion and reserve, senior female champion and reserve, and supreme and reserve overall champion.

Schedules and entry forms are available from Clogher Valley Agricultural Society Ltd, tel: 028 8554 8883, or email: cloghershow27@hotmail.com or download from www.cloghervaleyshow.com

Completed entry forms must be accompanied by the relevant entry fees, and returned to show secretary on or before Monday 4th July. Alternatively, enter and pay online at www.cloghershow.com.

To enter online select ‘view and enter competitions’, then click on cattle, pedigree beef cattle, and select ‘NI Aberdeen Angus Summer Championship’. Enter animal details in the relevant classes. Create an account, submit entries and pay online.

Further details from Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society Council representative Alan Morrison on mobile: 07811 447812.